When My PC Crashed, Scrivener Ate My Homework

Okay, since I got this new PC (new hotness turned out to be a POC…Asus—just don’t,) I’ve been plagued with black screens, crashes and freezing. Black screens while writing in Scrivener’s split screen mode have been particularly troublesome (no, this is not an excuse for the lengthy wait for SOL book two.)  Because, much to…

Customizing Scrivener’s Outline mode

This quick tutorial will get you started on customizing Scrivener’s Outline Mode  to better suit your needs. Below is the outline view of a basic novel template (I’d like to give credit  where credit’s due, but I can’t recall where it came from and I didn’t see any signatures… Sorry Anonymous.)  At first glance, the…

Create your own Scrivener icons using Gimp tutorial

Those of you who’ve followed me for a while know I’m a big software fan-girl of Scrivener and Scrapple (both programs produced by Literature & Latte.) One of the great things about Scrivener is its file based approach. Instead of one huge document, it uses a series of document folders and files that can be…